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boat — n. 1) to row; sail; steer a boat 2) to launch, lower a boat 3) to overturn, swamp, upset a boat 4) an assault; fishing; flying boat; gunboat; lifeboat; mosquito, PT (AE; BE has MTB); patrol boat; rowboat (AE), rowing (BE) boat; sailboat (AE),… … Combinatory dictionary
upset — [up set′; ] for n. always, and for adj. also [, up′set΄] vt. upset, upsetting [ME upsetten: see UP1 & SET] 1. Obs. to set up; erect 2. a) to tip over; overturn [to upset a vase] … English World dictionary
upset\ one's\ apple\ cart — • upset the applecart • upset one s applecart v. phr. informal To ruin a plan or what is being done, often by surprise or accident; change how things are or are being done, often unexpectedly; ruin or mix up another person s success or plan for… … Словарь американских идиом
upset\ one's\ applecart — • upset the applecart • upset one s applecart v. phr. informal To ruin a plan or what is being done, often by surprise or accident; change how things are or are being done, often unexpectedly; ruin or mix up another person s success or plan for… … Словарь американских идиом
upset\ the\ apple\ cart — • upset the applecart • upset one s applecart v. phr. informal To ruin a plan or what is being done, often by surprise or accident; change how things are or are being done, often unexpectedly; ruin or mix up another person s success or plan for… … Словарь американских идиом
upset\ the\ applecart — • upset the applecart • upset one s applecart v. phr. informal To ruin a plan or what is being done, often by surprise or accident; change how things are or are being done, often unexpectedly; ruin or mix up another person s success or plan for… … Словарь американских идиом
upset — [adj] disturbed, bothered agitated, all torn up*, amazed, antsy*, apprehensive, blue*, broken up*, bummed out*, capsized, chaotic, come apart*, confused, disconcerted, dismayed, disordered, disquieted, distressed, dragged*, frantic, grieved, hurt … New thesaurus
upset — (v.) mid 15c., to set up, fix, from UP (Cf. up) + SET (Cf. set) (v.). Cf. M.Du. opsetten, Ger. aufsetzen. Modern sense of overturn, capsize (1803) is that of obsolete overset. Meaning to throw into mental discomposure is from 1805. The noun sense … Etymology dictionary
upset — upsettable, adj. upsetter, n. upsettingly, adv. v., adj. /up set /; n. /up set /, v., upset, upsetting, n., adj. v.t. 1. to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk. 2. to disturb mentally or emotionally; perturb: T … Universalium
boat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See ship. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vessel, bark, sailboat, yacht, steamboat, craft, watercraft, bottom, hulk; see also ship . Types of small boats include: rowboat, shell, scull, kayak, dugout, canoe,… … English dictionary for students
upset the apple cart — Digest 22/2002 to disturb the status quo; to shake up the existing situation The new president was installed and immediately upset the apple cart by appointing his own people to various positions in the administration. Similar to: rock the boat.… … Idioms and examples